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Augustus Edwin John
Pyramus and Thisbe

c. 1906

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Pyramus and Thisbe Etching, c.1906 Signed along bottom edge in pencil "Augustus E John" Edition: 25 Reference: Dodgson 91 ii/II Condition: Excellent Plate: 5 1/8 x 4" (13.02 x 10.16 cm) Sheet size: 8 13/16 x 8 13/16 inches Depicts two characters of Roman mythology from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Ovid's story served most notably as the basis of Shakespear's Romeo and Juliet.
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